Stanley Steamer 1911 ride part 2

Riding around the Midwest in a 1911 Model 72 Stanley Steamer

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Stanley
• Steamer
• Hot
• Rod

[VOETOM]

Yes, my brother had it long enough and drive it far enough to compare notes with my uncle who owns it. the numbers area accurate.  It was/is a fuel hog for sure!

[TallBrooklynGuy]

just curious, how many miles per kerosene to refill to heat the boiler?

[VOETOM]

This car holds about 40 gallons of water. It uses unleaded gasoline to heat the water and pressurise the boiler to 500 psi. It will get about 1.2 miles per gallon water and about 7 miles per gallon gasoline.

[VOETOM]

Gasoline is vaporised by the heat in the boiler and sprayed in at 125 psi. The steam pressure controls the fuel supply by automatic controls. As the steam level drops to 475psi, the automatic opens the fuel valve. At 525psi the steam then closes the fuel valve and the cycle continues as needed. Water is pumped in using the engine driven water pumps.

[pcgamer6]

How fast can this thing get? I seen one that could get up to like 70 mph!!

[VOETOM]

You may be correct and I can tell you it will go fast enough that you start worrying about what will happen if it does not stop in time.

[workensmart]

Your Stanley Steamer sounds just like Toyota Camry right after the engine threw a rod lol. Not a good sound to hear when your doing 65mph on the highway. Oh and my Camry was also blowing out white smoke as well but it was coolant, not steam lol.

[fizzguts]

@madmanmapper There has NEVER been a steam CAR boiler explosion. Traction engines yes. Stanley boilers NO

[shakaama]

i really don't think you should compare a car that is a century old with today's standards. technological advances on the car were halted over a century ago now. What you could do is compare it to electric cars made the same year and combustion cars made the same year.

[TallBrooklynGuy]

well..it would be a great idea to have today, the problem is it always boils down to fuel. And if you use kerosene or gas to boil the water the miles per gallon will still be high to boil the water.

[montipellier]

@TallBrooklynGuy

I'm not sure about that considering their engines were rated at about 20hp, about the same as the model T. You could probably hit 50MPH or so but I think the car would start shaking at this point due to its suspension.

[Trainman11185]

awesome car

[madmanmapper]

Steam cars are awesome. But the Stanleys are pretty dangerous, considering that they could explode in like 3 different ways if you don't operate it just right. :P

[edisonphonographs]

Steam cars are amazing! Does this have a water automatic fuel pressure automatic and steam automatic? Since this does not have a piolet fuel pressure pump driven off the car how often do you need to pressurize the piolet fuel with air through the piolet air valve by hand?Also what is the fuel pressure retaining valve for? Is it to prevent pressurized fuel from leaking from the pressure tank back into the main tank?

Thanks

[210gumby210]

is it rare to find a Stanley and is it worth something beautiful car

[Tornado600]

It sounds like a helicopter. Anyway, great restoration.